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Food hygiene in Southampton by area

In the last month 22 food places across Southampton were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 3 places scored 2 or below, and 105 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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22hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 522 places, last 31 days
3scored 0 to 2last 3 months
105waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

Darker means more hygiene scores published. Tap an area for its page.

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Most inspected this month: Hedge End (8), Southampton (4) and Chandler's Ford (4). The middle Southampton area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Chandler's Ford (100%), Hedge End (88%) and West End (85%).

Every area, ranked
1Hedge EndSO3081788%13
2SouthamptonSO1443168%238
3Chandler's FordSO53414100%09
4West EndSO3041385%013
5Bevois TownSO1421580%011
6Banister's ParkSO1521080%011
7PortswoodSO172875%07
8ShirleySO152838%09
9St DenysSO172863%06
10Shirley ParkSO162633%010
11St JamesSO152650%07
12Old ShirleySO162540%06
13HollybrookSO1624100%03
14Shirley WarrenSO162450%05
15Upper ShirleySO1524100%00
16Bitterne ParkSO182367%06
17Newtown (SO14)SO1411464%114
18St Mary'sSO1411450%217
19Bevois ValleySO1411377%013
20Bevois MountSO1411283%011
21Old TownSO1411250%211
22The PolygonSO1511060%114
23HighfieldSO171757%09
24Regents ParkSO151650%09
25SwaythlingSO161683%09
26TottonSO401683%02
27Bitterne ManorSO181580%06
28Hampton ParkSO171475%012
29Pleasant ViewSO191475%01
30SholingSO191450%01
31BassettSO1613100%04
32FreemantleSO151367%010
33MaybushSO161333%05
34NurslingSO161367%00
35Sholing CommonSO191367%03
36CoxfordSO1612–07
37Weston CommonSO1912–02
38LordshillSO1611–04
39Townhill ParkSO1811–06
40Nichols TownSO1401145%215
41Ocean VillageSO140863%09
42NorthamSO140540%18
43Bassett GreenSO160475%05
44BitterneSO180333%03
45Botany BaySO190367%03
46Merry OakSO190333%02
47MillbrookSO1503100%04
48RedbridgeSO150367%00
49RownhamsSO160367%01
50WimpsonSO160367%03
51Mansel ParkSO1602–02
52Newtown (SO19)SO1902–02
53HightownSO1901–01
54MansbridgeSO1801–04
55MidanburySO1801–08
56ThornhillSO1901–02
57WestonSO1901–03
58WoolstonSO1901–05
59AldermoorSO1600–05
60HarefieldSO1800–04
61ItchenSO1900–03
62LordswoodSO1600–04
63Thornhill ParkSO1900–02

“Last month” and “3 months” count the hygiene scores published within each area’s circle. “Scored 5” is the share of the last three months’ scores that were a 5; it needs at least three. “Waiting” is food places registered but not yet inspected. Areas overlap, so one place can count in more than one. Tap a column to sort.

Scored 0 to 2 in the last three months

  • China Wok was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 3 September 2026. St Mary's · Takeaways and sandwich shops
  • Woks Hot was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 17 August 2026. Hedge End · Takeaways and sandwich shops
  • COISHI was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 12 August 2026. Southampton · Restaurants and cafés

A score shows how things were on the day of the inspection. Businesses can appeal, and can ask for a new inspection once they have made improvements, so check the Food Standards Agency’s page for the latest.

Top marks this month

22 places scored 5 in the last 31 days; the latest 20 are shown.

New food places

No newly registered food places have appeared in the last month.

105 food places across Southampton are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Southampton (38), St Mary's (17), Nichols Town (15), Newtown (SO14) (14) and The Polygon (14). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business
Restaurants and cafés2770%1
Takeaways and sandwich shops2245%2
Care homes and nurseries15100%0
Shops1479%0
Pubs, bars and clubs967%0
Schools and colleges9100%0
Supermarkets2–0
Mobile caterers1–0
Other caterers1–0
Food makers and packers1–0

Southampton, last three months. The share scoring 5 needs at least three scores.

How food hygiene ratings work

Every place that serves, sells or makes food is inspected by its council’s food safety officers, and the Food Standards Agency publishes the score. Officers look at how food is handled and stored, the state of the building and its cleaning, and how the business manages food safety. The score runs from 0 to 5:

  • 5: very good
  • 4: good
  • 3: generally satisfactory
  • 2: improvement necessary
  • 1: major improvement necessary
  • 0: urgent improvement necessary

How often a place is inspected depends on the risk, so a busy kitchen is visited more often than a shop selling packaged food. New businesses wait for a first visit before they get a score.

Where the figures come from

Scores come from the Food Standards Agency’s food hygiene rating data, published under the Open Government Licence, for every council we cover. Figures for Southampton as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in Southampton. Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. A score appears here when the agency publishes it, which can be a few weeks after the inspection.

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Questions people ask

Which areas of Southampton had the most food hygiene inspections?

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Hedge End (8), Southampton (4), Chandler's Ford (4), West End (4) and Bevois Town (2). The middle Southampton area had 1.

How many Southampton food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 101 food places in Southampton given a score in the last three months, 75 (74%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

Have any Southampton food places scored 0, 1 or 2 recently?

Yes. In the last three months 3 places in Southampton were given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 3 scored 1 and 0 scored 2. Each is listed on this page with its date. A low score shows how things were on the day of the inspection.

What do food hygiene ratings mean?

Food Standards Agency scores run from 0 to 5: 5 is very good, 4 good, 3 generally satisfactory, 2 improvement necessary, 1 major improvement necessary and 0 urgent improvement necessary. Council officers give the score after an inspection of hygiene, the building and how food safety is managed.